Case Report: Medullary Thyroid Cancer Workup Initiated by Unexpectedly High Procalcitonin Level-Endocrine Training Saves Life in the COVID-19 Unit.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
; 12: 727320, 2021.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1497068
ABSTRACT
Background:
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus that has caused a worldwide pandemic. The majority of medullary thyroid cancers present as a thyroid nodule. At the time of diagnosis, cervical lymph nodes and distant metastases are frequently detected. Case Report Here, we present a case of a 46-year-old man with coronavirus disease (COVID) pneumonia, who had persistently high serum procalcitonin levels despite normal C-reactive protein levels. The attending infectologist happened to be a colleague who spent some time, as part of her internal medicine rotation, in the Endocrine Ward and recalled that medullary thyroid cancer might be the cause. This led to the timely workup and treatment of the medullary cancer.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Tiroides
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Carcinoma Neuroendocrino
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Endocrinología
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Polipéptido alfa Relacionado con Calcitonina
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Reporte de caso
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Estudios diagnósticos
Tópicos:
Covid persistente
Límite:
Humanos
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Masculino
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Fendo.2021.727320
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